#72B2F6#72B2F6

#72B2F6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.119 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B2F6
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 246)
HSL	hsl(211, 88%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(211, 54%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 27.6%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -1.56, -40.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 40.07, 267.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0386 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.119 251)
XYZ	xyz(39.4885, 42.0688, 93.2101)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B2F6 #F6B672

analogous

#72F4F6 #72B2F6 #7472F6

triadic

#72B2F6 #F672B2 #B2F672

tetradic

#72B2F6 #F672F4 #F6B672 #72F674

square

#72B2F6 #F672F4 #F6B672 #72F674

split-complementary

#72B2F6 #F67472 #F4F672

monochromatic

#0E74DF #3893F2 #72B2F6 #ACD1FA #E2EFFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#72B2F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#72B2F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B2F6

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B2F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B2F6	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B5F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A8F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DC2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b2f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.119 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c8f9',
    500: '#72b2f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b2f6;
$custom-light: #a3c8f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b2f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.909,
    "s": 88,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.748,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.42072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B2F6

secondary

#F4E2D0

accent

#7601E5

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F4F8FF

border

#CED1D7

text

#101317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B2F6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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